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Nikolay Erofeev is an Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Kassel, Department of Architecture, State planning and Landscape design. His research focuses on the history of socialist architecture and urban development, with specific expertise in mass housing and socialist development assistance to the Global South.
Dr. Erofeev received his D.Phil (PhD) in History from the University of Oxford in 2020 and a specialist degree in the History of Art from Moscow State University in 2014. Prior to his current position, he was a postdoc at the Department of Urban Studies at the University of Basel and at the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia at New York University.
His research interests span the history of socialist architecture, urban development in the Cold War era, mass housing systems, and transnational construction projects between socialist states and the Global South. Dr. Erofeev's work challenges simplistic views of standardized housing as the 'end' of architecture, instead revealing the complex interplay between housing development, design culture, construction industry and urban sociology in the late-Soviet period.
Dr. Erofeev's publications demonstrate a strong focus on Soviet architectural and urban history, with particular attention to transnational exchanges during the Cold War. His work examines how socialist states shared architectural knowledge, construction technologies, and urban planning approaches across borders, particularly in relation to Mongolia. His research reveals the complex dynamics of socialist internationalism in the built environment, highlighting both cooperation and tensions between different socialist states.
- Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Hill Foundation scholarship at Oxford
- Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship
Dr. Erofeev is currently working on a major research project examining urbanization processes in socialist Mongolia, exploring how exchanges with the Soviet Union, Eastern European states, and China reshaped urban space and daily life. His forthcoming book 'Experiments in Concrete: Manufacturing Soviet Mass Housing, 1955–1990' promises to make a significant contribution to our understanding of Soviet architectural history.
